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Abdul El-Sayed said to share 'the same barbaric Islamic ideology as the 9/11 hijackers' and declared unfit for office for life.

SeverityHatefulTreats a group as lesser, dangerous, or not fully human, whether it says so about the group or about one person for belonging to it. Everything at this level.
Who said itLauraLoomer (X)
Who it targetsA Muslim US Senate candidate declared unfit for office on religion
TrackProtected groupsProtected-group hate and political-opponent extremism are counted apart, and neither total is presented as a score against the other. Everything on this track.
What was said

Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, is a candidate for the US Senate, and Mike Rogers called him un-American on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary. On September 8, LauraLoomer posted on X that "Abdul El-Sayed shares the same barbaric Islamic ideology as the 9/11 hijackers. He is unfit to ever hold office in America." The post offers no statement or act of El-Sayed's that connects him to the attacks. His religion is the ideology named, the hijackers are the people he is said to share it with, and the conclusion is a lifetime bar from public office. The post drew 190,215 views.

Why it counts

Telling readers that a Senate nominee holds the same ideology as the hijackers, when the only thing named is his religion, makes every Muslim person a hijacker in waiting. Barbaric describes the faith itself. Unfit to ever hold office turns that into a rule: no one of this religion belongs in government.

The word ever settles it. A lifetime bar can't rest on anything he did, because nothing he did is mentioned; it rests on what he is. A fair-minded reader should take this as a Muslim candidate ruled out of public life on his religion, with the hijackers borrowed to make the religion sound like a crime.

The receipts

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LauraLoomer (X)

"Abdul El-Sayed shares the same barbaric Islamic ideology as the 9/11 hijackers. He is unfit to ever hold office in America."

2026-09-08 · source

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